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Confluence

This abstract composition is meant to convey a sense of mystery through hidden, overlapping shapes, varied textures, dramatic contrasts, and warm and cool colors.

Artist Biography

Steven Gately

Florence, SC

Steven Gately has been a member of the FMU faculty since 1973, and he is Coordinator of the Visual Arts Program. He teaches painting, drawing and design in FMU’s Fine Arts Department. He was appointed to the C.B. and Marlene Askins Endowed Chair in Art in 2006. A native of West Palm Beach, FL, Gately earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton and a MFA from Florida State University in 1971. Over the years, his artwork has won numerous prizes in juried national, regional and local competitions, and he has exhibited in over a dozen states. His work has been purchased by the Mobile, AL Museum of Art, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC, the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, the Columbia Museum of Art, the State Art Collection of South Carolina, McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence and Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia.

ArtFields is a charitable program and event sponsored by Lake City Creative Alliance, which is a federally-recognized Section 501(c)(3) organization located in Lake City, South Carolina. Its mission is to enhance the area schools and greater community through both creative and audience development by fostering a culturally-rich environment, connecting our communities through the arts, integrating arts into the education system, and serving as the lead in cultivating and advancing our region's creative economy.